Game Thread Dec 29, 2021 08:00PM MT: Jazz at Trail Blazers

[Game Threads]

Utah Jazz Game Day

Moda Center, 1 N Center Ct St, Portland, OR 97227
Dec 29, 2021 08:00PM MT

 

[gandalfe]

This one's personal for me, since I live in Oregon, so if the Jazz lose I'll have to endure months of people giving me crap.

 

[NAOS]

Looking at the Blazers.... it would really suck to lose to them right now. What a mess.

 

[Jingled]

Is CJ still out?

 

[Gameface]

Looking at the Blazers.... it would really suck to lose to them right now. What a mess.

It's actually a little sad. It's one of the teams I have no ill will towards.

 

[LogGrad98]

It's actually a little sad. It's one of the teams I have no ill will towards.

This. Although I would love if we could find a way to get Dame here as our third star. DM, Dame and Gobert. Yikes.

 

[homeytennis]

We can lose this game. No big whoop one way or the other.

 

[Release the Kraken]

This one's personal for me, since I live in Oregon, so if the Jazz lose I'll have to endure months of people giving me crap.

We can lose this game. No big whoop one way or the other.

Not!!!!
Now let's go out and win this one for the gandalfe!!!!

 

[The Thriller]

Which players are still available to play for portland?

 

[gandalfe]

Which players are still available to play for portland?

Looks like Damian Lillard and my buddy John.

 

[gandalfe]

NAME	POS	DATE	STATUS	COMMENT
Cody Zeller	C	Dec 26	Out	Zeller (kneecap) was placed in the league's health and safety protocols Sunday, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.
Jusuf Nurkic	C	Dec 26	Out	Nurkic was placed in the NBA's health and safety protocols Sunday, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.
Keljin Blevins	SF	Dec 26	Out
Ben McLemore	SG	Dec 26	Out	The Trail Blazers placed McLemore in the NBA's COVID-19 health and safety protocols Saturday, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.
Robert Covington	PF	Dec 26	Out	The Trail Blazers placed Covington in the NBA's COVID-19 health and safety protocols Saturday, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.
Trendon Watford	PF	Dec 24	Out
Dennis Smith Jr.	PG	Dec 24	Out	Smith was placed in the NBA's health and safety protocols on Friday, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.
CJ McCollum	SG	Dec 23	Out	The Trail Blazers announced Thursday that McCollum's right lung is fully healed after suffering a pneumothorax at the beginning of December.

 

[The Thriller]

NAME	POS	DATE	STATUS	COMMENT
Cody Zeller	C	Dec 26	Out	Zeller (kneecap) was placed in the league's health and safety protocols Sunday, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.
Jusuf Nurkic	C	Dec 26	Out	Nurkic was placed in the NBA's health and safety protocols Sunday, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.
Keljin Blevins	SF	Dec 26	Out
Ben McLemore	SG	Dec 26	Out	The Trail Blazers placed McLemore in the NBA's COVID-19 health and safety protocols Saturday, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.
Robert Covington	PF	Dec 26	Out	The Trail Blazers placed Covington in the NBA's COVID-19 health and safety protocols Saturday, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.
Trendon Watford	PF	Dec 24	Out
Dennis Smith Jr.	PG	Dec 24	Out	Smith was placed in the NBA's health and safety protocols on Friday, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.
CJ McCollum	SG	Dec 23	Out	The Trail Blazers announced Thursday that McCollum's right lung is fully healed after suffering a pneumothorax at the beginning of December.

Since we play down to our competition, I’m guessing this game is going to be tight.

However, if we get a lead I’d like for Snyder to try out different lineups. Give Butler and Pascall some burn. These are the games to experiment with. It’ll be a travesty if Conley, Clarkson, and Gobert end up playing 30+ mins tonight.

 

[infection]

Since we play down to our competition, I’m guessing this game is going to be tight.

However, if we get a lead I’d like for Snyder to try out different lineups. Give Butler and Pascall some burn. These are the games to experiment with. It’ll be a travesty if Conley, Clarkson, and Gobert end up playing 30+ mins tonight.

Expect the starters to be on the floor when there are two minutes left in the 4th.

 

[The Thriller]

Expect the starters to be on the floor when there are two minutes left in the 4th.

Hahaha. Exactly.

Seriously, anyone else notice this? Like we’ve got to be In the majority right? Seems like we routinely play our starters late into the 4th despite having commanding leads. And it’s weird because… well, why are we doing that? Why risk Rudy breaking? Why not see what Pascal can do? Why not unleash Butler? Teams aren’t going to overtake a 20 pt lead in 5-10 mins. If you really don’t have any confidence in the bench, then just send the bench guys out here to run a stall. Get shot clock violations for the final 5 mins of a game. Lol right?

 

[Jingled]

Paschall out tonight for personal reasons.

 

[LogGrad98]

Mike Smith talks a lot.

 

[LogGrad98]

Amazing what a good 3 point shooter Joe is. For a slow old fat bald white guy. But still amazing.

 

[JazzGal]

Mike Smith talks a lot.

I said to my mom that Mike Smith was on the broadcast. Who, she asked. The talker dude. She nods.

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[Hekate]

Can't believe Blazers fired their coach because of poor defense and never really shown any flashes of improvement. Real good planning there.

 

[JazzGal]

The trouble with liking Lillard so much is I am now feeling bad for Portland.

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